USS NEW ORLEANS was the sixth IWO JIMA - class amphibious assault
ship (helicopter) and the fourth ship in the Navy to bear the name.
Decommissioned on October 1, 1997, and stricken from the Navy list on
October 23, 1998, NEW ORLEANS is now laid up at the Suisun Bay Reserve
Fleet, Benecia, Ca., and is scheduled to be sunk as a target.
| Characteristics: |
Awarded: December 18, 1964 |
| Keel laid: March 1, 1966 |
| Launched: February 3, 1968 |
| Commissioned: November 16, 1968 |
| Decommissioned: October 1, 1997 |
| Builder: Philadelphia Naval Shipyard,
Philadelphia, Penn. |
| Propulsion system: Two boilers, one
geared steam turbines, one shaft, 22,000 total shaft horsepower |
| Propellers: one |
| Length: 603, 65 feet (184 meters) |
| Beam: 104 feet (31.7 meters) |
| Draft: 25,9 feet (7.9 meters) |
| Aircraft elevators: two |
| Displacement: approx. 19,500 tons full
load |
| Speed: 23 knots |
| Aircraft: 20 UH-46D Sea Knight
Helicopters, 10 MH-53E Sea Stallion Helicopters, 3 UH-1 Helicopters, 3
AH-1 Helicopters but the actual mix depends upon mission |
| Armament: two Phalanx CIWS, two Mk-25
Sea Sparrow Missile Launchers |
| Crew: 80 officers, 638 enlisted, 1,750
Marine Detachment |
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